Quotes about Patience
Character isn't developed when we get what we want. Character is developed when we don't get what we want.
— Joyce Meyer
Often times God wants us to sit before Him in quietness. He doesn't want us to do all the talking. As Is. 30:15 says "In quiet and confidence will be your strength."
— Charles Stanley
God is good whether or not His choices seem right to us, whether or not we feel it, whether or not it seems true, and whether or not He gives us everything that we want.
— Nancy Leigh DeMoss
You may not get what you want, but God always gives you what you need.
— Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
Day by day we are given not what we want but what we need. Sometimes it is a feast and sometimes...swept crumbs, but by faith we believe it is enough.
— Barbara Brown Taylor
Sometimes what you want you don't get until you don't want it anymore.
— Ruth Gordon
Delays are as much a part of God plan as answered prayers. God wants you to trust him.
— Rick Warren
Biblically, waiting is not just something we have to do until we get what we want. Waiting is part of the process of becoming what God wants us to be.
— John Ortberg
Life is like a combination lock; your job is to find the right numbers, in the right order, so you can have everything you want.
— Brian Tracy
Ask for what you want, but be willing to take what God gives you. It may be better than what you asked for.
— Norman Vincent Peale
When life is difficult, God wants us to have a faith that trusts and waits.
— Kay Arthur
Be careful not to compromise what you want most for what you want now.
— Zig Ziglar